Common Name: Allegheny Spurge

Fragrant, white flower spikes appear in spring, later becoming camouflaged by a new flush of gorgeous, crisp green foliage. Leaves have a scalloped margin and take on an attractive pale silver mottling.

Common Name: Japanese Peony

After flowering, the pods split to reveal gorgeous metallic-blue seeds on red stalks. Paeonia japonica is great as a deer-resistant specimen in the woodland garden or scattered throughout the shady perennial border. This is often mistakenly sold as Paeonia obovata 'Alba'.
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Common Name: Ann Cousins Garden Peony

Common Name: Butter Bowl Garden Peony

A single row of soft pink guard petals form the stage for a cheery sunburst of yellow in this Japanese-form peony. Stiff 36-inch stems hold the wonderful mid-season blooms up high for all garden visitors to admire.

Common Name: Charlie's White Garden Peony

'Charlie's White' is still one of the prettiest double whites. The full, 6 inch blooms consist of large, pure white guard petals surrounded by a tuft of creamy white, incurved petals. An excellent cut flower and lightly fragrant. All of our peonies are widely adaptable to most soils across the country. They bloom in mid to late spring and have very large, colorful blooms that stand out in the spring garden.

Common Name: Coral Charm Garden Peony

Coral Charm Peony features bold lightly-scented coral-pink cup-shaped flowers with yellow centers at the ends of the stems from late spring to early summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's compound leaves remain green in color throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant

Common Name: Coral Fay Garden Peony

Fragrant, radiant pink with coral overtones, semi-double, very early blooming, fern-like foliage from its parentage of the fernleaf peony and the famous P. peregrina. Very floriferous on strong 30" stems. Plant in full sun in well drained soil.

Common Name: Coral n Gold Garden Peony

The rose-coral petals of 'Coral 'n' Gold' are arranged in a double row, forming 6in, shallow bowls holding a showy boss of gold stamens. There aren't quite enough petals for it to be classified as a semidouble, but that's a small point with flowers this beautiful.

Common Name: Coral Sunset Garden Peony

This award-winning, 1981 Wissing-Klehm hybrid has large, semi-double, ruffled flowers that open smoldering coral with rose-pink highlights and mature to pale apricot with golden-yellow stamen centers. A vigorous grower, it is lightly fragrant.

Common Name: Couronne D'or Garden Peony

Double type; large; late. Full, evenly rounded, white flowers illumined near the center by a ring of yellow stamens, center petals tipped with crimson; odor strong, like water-lilies. Medium height; very floriferous; strong stems. Good foliage. A dependable, late white sort of good habit for both cutting and garden decoration. - See more at: http://mbgna.umich.edu/peony/database/cultivars/couronne-dor#history_signify

Common Name: Doreen Garden Peony

The large rounded light rose-pink outer petals cradle a center of pink and yellow staminodes. The fragrant Japanese type flowers blooms Mid to Late-mid, season on strong 32” stems. A very distinct and striking peony for your garden. Plant in full sun.

Common Name: Duchess de Nemours Garden Peony

(Calot 1856) One of the oldest peonies, and certainly the most famous double white peony. A full bloom with incurving petals of pure white that are lemony green at the base. Free flowering and highly scented. One of the earlier flowering cultivars so an excellent choice for prolonging the flowering season.

Common Name: Felix Crousse Garden Peony

The Peony is an extremely long lived, hardy, shrub-like plant. Once they're established, they're as hardy and dependable as oaks, creating a fantastic season of bloom in your yard year after year. The spreading clumps form hedges. Peonies are a standard of the perennial border, both as specimens and in groups.

Common Name: Felix Supreme Garden Peony

'Felix Supreme' 1955. Lush double blooms infused in a purple red colour. The first delicate leaves are also purple and develop into a bright green foliage. A vigorous peony, whose flowers are just as beautiful in a vase as in the garden. Some side buds extend the flowering season. A support is preferable.

Common Name: Festiva Maxima Garden Peony

Festiva Maxima is a peony cultivar that would be hard to improve upon as it offers an abundance of very large, fully double blossoms with the classic, rich fragrance that has made peonies so popular for generations. The snowy blooms are decorated with kisses of deep crimson, along the petal edges and tucked into the heart of the flower. Excellent for mixed perennial beds and hard to beat for snipping and savoring indoors.

Common Name: Henry Bockstoce Garden Peony

'Henry Bockstoce' is a fully double, deep red peony held on extra-long, sturdy stems. The product of many crosses between the peony species lactifloraand officinalis, it is simply more vigorous than many others, with stronger stems, richer color, and more intense scent. These cardinal-red to burgundy blooms are fully double, with a beautiful rosebud center that looks especially appealing in the vase. They appear in early midseason

Common Name: Krinkled White Garden Peony

Peonies will grow in most soils as long as they are not wet, including clay soils. They require a sunny or partially shaded site. Herbaceous peonies need to be planted with the eye (the dormant pink buds) no more than 4" below the surface of the soil. Do not mix manure in the soil before planting as this may rot the eyes.

Common Name: Mary Elizabeth Garden Peony

It's a vigorous grower, producing lots of stems topped with multiple buds. The plant stands up well in all kinds of weather and will bloom for an extended period if sidebuds are not removed. Said to have originated from the back cross of a hybrid to a lactiflora (Hollingsworth 2004)

Common Name: Monsieur Jules Elie Garden Peony

Crousse 1888) Always one of the most popular garden peonies. Light lavender pink fragrant flowers with large outer petals and a raised center that varies in color and shape as the bloom develops. Distinct broad green foliage which is a particularly bright shade of green.

Common Name: Pink Hawaiian Coral Garden Peony

Peony 'Pink Hawaiian Coral' is fragrant and an excellent cut flower. American Peony Society Gold Medal Selection. This "tropical" beauty has a majestic Hawaiian sunset color, is sweetly fragrant, has strong, stems & is a great grower. Terrific for landscaping!

Common Name: Primevere Garden Peony

Peonies will grow in most soils as long as they are not wet, including clay soils. They require a sunny or partially shaded site. Herbaceous peonies need to be planted with the eye (the dormant pink buds) no more than 4" below the surface of the soil. Do not mix manure in the soil before planting as this may rot the eyes.

Common Name: Raspberry Sundae Garden Peony

Peonies are classic garden plants that add a bit of nostalgia and charm to the garden. Their fragrant blooms and lush foliage have made them popular for years, and with the recent resurgence in breeding, they will continue to improve. Peonies are simple to grow and can be utilized in many ways, including mass plantings, specimens, or hedges.

Common Name: Red Charm Garden Peony

Common Name: Red Scout Garden Peony

Early Scout is, as its name indicates, a peony that flowers before most of the rest. What isn't immediately apparent is that this cultivar is ideally sized for small gardens and even large containers, is lightly fragrant and produces lacy, cut leaf foliage that provides a clue to its lineage as a hybrid of Paeonia tenuifolia, the fern-leafed peony. Early Scout so impressed the judges of the American Peony Society that they bestowed their Gold Metal Award on Early Scout in 2001. A very early bloomer that prefers cool climates. Deer resistant.

Common Name: Sarah Bernhardt Garden Peony

Celebrating 100 years of gracing sunny gardens and elegant vases, 'Sarah Bernhardt' is one of the classic Peonies that helped make this perennial a favorite from the foundation planting to the patio, the border to the vase! Gigantic 7- to 9-inch double blooms of luscious pink (occasionally flecked with raspberry) release an unforgettable fragrance, and the sun-loving plant is as easy to grow as a weed!

Common Name: Scarlet 'OHara Garden Peony

‘Scarlet O'Hara’ is an herbaceous (soft-stemmed) peony. It is the result of a cross betweenP. lactiflora and P. officinalis. This is a shrubby perennial that, each year, will typically grow 30-38” tall by mid-spring, bloom, display attractive foliage throughout the summer and early fall, and then die to the ground after frost

Common Name: Sea Shell Garden Peony

Peonies will grow in most soils as long as they are not wet, including clay soils. They require a sunny or partially shaded site. Herbaceous peonies need to be planted with the eye (the dormant pink buds) no more than 4" below the surface of the soil. Do not mix manure in the soil before planting as this may rot the eyes.

Common Name: Sorbet Garden Peony

Peonies will grow in most soils as long as they are not wet, including clay soils. They require a sunny or partially shaded site. Herbaceous peonies need to be planted with the eye (the dormant pink buds) no more than 4" below the surface of the soil. Do not mix manure in the soil before planting as this may rot the eyes.

Common Name: Sweet 16 Garden Peony

Common Name: Sword Dance Garden Peony

A very early bloomer that prefers cool climates. Deer resistant. A large, very brilliant deep red with striking gold and red center Japanese, 38", late, mid-season that stands heat well. The flower is very symmetrical and gives the appearance of being a well groomed flower holding its shape as the flower ages.

Common Name: Asian Woodland Peony

Common Name: Fern-leaf Peony

Paeonia tenuifolia, commonly called fernleaf peony, is a shrubby, herbaceous (soft-stemmed) plant that, each year, will typically grow to 1-2' tall by mid-spring, display attractive foliage throughout the summer and early fall, and then die to the ground after frost.

Common Name: Bartzella Intersectional Peony

A beautiful variety whose deep sulphur yellow flowers, each with red flames at the center, are carried on a plant that looks and behaves like a very big, healthy herbaceous Peony bearing dozens of huge flowers (9in across) on strong stems, above rich green foliage. There are very few yellows in the herbaceous Peony world, and none can compare with 'Bartzella' in beauty or performance.

Common Name: Callies Memory Intersectional Peony

Itoh Peonies are rare and unusual hybrids between Garden Peonies and Tree Peonies. There are several varieties, all highly sought after by collectors, yet easy to grow and very hardy. This selection forms an upright bush of lush green leaves. The very large semi-double blooms feature pink petals that age to cream, with a contrasting maroon-red eye and yellow tuft of stamens. Peonies seldom need to be divided or moved, but if necessary it should be carried out only in the fall. Flowering is always best in a sunny location. Clean up the dead leaves in the fall to help prevent disease problems.

Common Name: Canary Brilliants Intersectional Peony

One of the great yellow peonies, ‘Canary’ emerges as a modest taupe shade. But there’s nothing modest about its vibrant, canary-yellow blooms: intense color in the garden, and long-lasting blooms for maximum impact.

Common Name: Cora louise Intersectional Peony

The color of these blooms shades from white to dark lavender, the petals surrounding a large yellow center. Semi-double and quite large, they arise plentifully in late spring and early summer, giving you enough to cut for the vase as well as to show off in the garden. And because Cora Louise is a cross between garden peonies and tree peonies, you will find this plant exceptionally vigorous, disease-resistant, and long-lasting, with greater bloom form than most others

Common Name: Hillary Intersectional Peony

Itoh Peonies are rare and unusual hybrids between Garden Peonies and Tree Peonies. There are several varieties, all highly sought after by collectors, yet easy to grow and very hardy. This selection forms an upright bush of lush green leaves. The very large semi-double blooms feature pink petals that age to cream, with a contrasting maroon-red eye and yellow tuft of stamens. Peonies seldom need to be divided or moved, but if necessary it should be carried out only in the fall. Flowering is always best in a sunny location. Clean up the dead leaves in the fall to help prevent disease problems.

Common Name: Julia Rose Intersectional Peony

Julia Rose opens cherry red, fades to apricot-yellow settling on a rich, creamy yellow as the bloom matures. Charming to watch the colors develop. An attractive mix of variously colored blooms on one plant! Vigorous and floriferous. 28" tall and 42" wide. Semi-double and a mid bloomer.. No staking. Excellent garden plant and is a good cutting flower. Strong stems hold the 6" blooms. No staking.

Common Name: Northwind Switch Grass

Panicum virgatum is native to North American tall-grass prairies from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean and was one of the most prominent prairie species. This grass was one of the important components of the tall-grass prairie that once covered the vast interior of the United States. A versatile grass, it tolerates a wide range of soil and climatic conditions. As the habitats of Panicum are taken over by humans, these grasses are found in wetter sites than before.

Common Name: Shenandoah Switch Grass

Panicum virgatum is native to North American tall-grass prairies from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean and was one of the most prominent prairie species. This grass was one of the important components of the tall-grass prairie that once covered the vast interior of the United States. A versatile grass, it tolerates a wide range of soil and climatic conditions. As the habitats of Panicum are taken over by humans, these grasses are found in wetter sites than before.

Common Name: Orange Icelandic Poppies

The Iceland poppy (Papaver nudicaule) plant provides showy blossoms in late spring and early summer. Growing Iceland poppies in the spring bed is a great way to add delicate foliage and long-lasting flowers to the area. When planted in the right spot, the Iceland poppy plant blooms from May through July.

Common Name: Beauty of Livermere Oriental Poppy

Each flower has 4-6 scarlet red petals with a dark basal blotch at the base of each petal and a boss of dark purple center stamens. Serrate, thistle-like, grayish-green leaves (to 12” long) are pinnately dissected into lance-shaped segments and have a somewhat weedy appearance. Foliage yellows and dies shortly after flowering, typically leaving a hole in the garden.

Common Name: Brilliant Oriental Poppy

Each flower has 4-6 scarlet red petals with a dark basal blotch at the base of each petal and a boss of dark purple center stamens. Serrate, thistle-like, grayish-green leaves (to 12” long) are pinnately dissected into lance-shaped segments and have a somewhat weedy appearance. Foliage yellows and dies shortly after flowering, typically leaving a hole in the garden.

Common Name: Prince of Orange Oriental Poppy

n the center of a poppy's flower rests a very large, velvety-black seed capsule surrounded by prominent, dark purple stamens. Altogether, these flowers absolutely steal the show when they are in bloom.

Common Name: Queen Alexander Oriental Poppy

In the center of a poppy's flower rests a very large, velvety-black seed capsule surrounded by prominent, dark purple stamens. Altogether, these flowers absolutely steal the show when they are in bloom.

Common Name: Royal Wedding Oriental Poppy

In the center of a poppy's flower rests a very large, velvety-black seed capsule surrounded by prominent, dark purple stamens. Altogether, these flowers absolutely steal the show when they are in bloom.

Common Name: Double Red Oriental Poppy

Each flower has 4-6 scarlet red petals with a dark basal blotch at the base of each petal and a boss of dark purple center stamens. Serrate, thistle-like, grayish-green leaves (to 12” long) are pinnately dissected into lance-shaped segments and have a somewhat weedy appearance. Foliage yellows and dies shortly after flowering, typically leaving a hole in the garden.

Common Name: Saturn Peach

Common Name: Bailey Hardy Peach

Fruit is of good size and eating quality. The sweet, semi-freestone juicy flesh is excellent for fresh eating, sauces and baking. Ripens mid-August. This dwarf tree will bear fruit in 2-3 years. Productive here in the Upper Valley.

Common Name: Frost Hardy Peach

'Frost' is a freestone with light red blush over greenish yellow. Frost is delicious, excellent for eating fresh or canning. It has a showy pink spring bloom and is heavy bearing. These peach blossoms appear late winter and early spring along grey branches, before leaves emerge.

Common Name: Reliance Hardy Peach

Reliance is tops in quality — Fruits are medium to large, round, bright red attractive cheeks splashed over a yellow skin. Bright yellow irm flesh is honey sweet, fine-flavored and comes free from the pit. The stone will not cling, even in coldest, driest seasons. The pit is smaller than any other peach.

Common Name: HoneySweet Pear

Super sweet taste, super smooth texture. Honeysweet was introduced from Purdue University because of its superior attributes for flavor, appearance, and disease resistance. This is a very high quality "Seckel or sugar-pear" type, which is larger in size than Seckel, and one of the few pears that are self pollinating.

Common Name: Bartlett Pear

Common Name: Clapp's Favorite Pear

Often referred to simply as ''Clapp Pears'' this is one of the earliest pears of good quality available. An attractive medium to large, pear with greenish yellow skin complemented with a red blush. Very juicy, sweet & flavourful.

Common Name: Parker Pear

It has dark green leaves throughout the summer that transform to dark purple in the fall making it quite attractive. The fruits are great for just eating straight off the tree or using them to make jellies or jams.

Common Name: Seckel Pear

It is one of the best quality dessert pears. It is small and yellowish brown with fine grained, smooth, and extremely sweet juicy flesh. It has a distinctive, spicy, rich, aromatic flavor and is also ideal for pickling, spicing and canning whole. This fruit ripens in September and the trees are productive, slow growing and reliable.

Common Name: Summercrisp Pear

The fruit should be harvested in mid-August when crisp and still green with a red blush. Fruit harvested at that time is sweet and crisp, and may be stored up to 2 months. Use either 'Parker' or 'Patten' as pollinator.

Common Name: Shinseiki Asian Pear

Common Name: Tawara Asian Pear

White flowers in spring make way to the unusual bright yellow fruit, tasting like a cross between apple and pear, with crisp texture. The delicious fruit is ripe in late August to early September. European pears, like Bartlett, can be used for pollination.

Common Name: Lance Corporal Virginia Jumpseed

A new introduction with a chartreuse green leaf and a large maroon chevron throughout its center. Upright growing with a clean habit and reaching 24". Self-seeds. Blends well with woodland plants. Adds color to the shade garden.

Common Name: London Grove Blue Woodlands Phlox

The cultivar ‘London Grove Blue’ was found by North Creek Nursery at a plant sale in London Grove, Pennsylvania. This variety is admired for its compact habit, large fragrant lavender blue flowers and maroon colored winter leaves.

Common Name: Triple Play Meadow Phlox

Common Name: Alexandra Garden Phlox

Growing 2-3' tall, they are excellent for perennial borders, corners and for cut flowers. The foliage is dense and compact with deep green, lance-shaped leaves with prominent veins. Butterflies love them!

Common Name: Blue Dot Garden Phlox

Growing 2-3' tall, they are excellent for perennial borders, corners and for cut flowers. The foliage is dense and compact with deep green, lance-shaped leaves with prominent veins. Butterflies love them!

Common Name: Blue Paradise Garden Phlox

Growing 2-3' tall, they are excellent for perennial borders, corners and for cut flowers. The foliage is dense and compact with deep green, lance-shaped leaves with prominent veins. Butterflies love them!

Common Name: Brite Pink Garden Phlox

Phlox prosper in a cool sunny climate, well-watered, in rich sweet soil. In much of the country, they will thrive in full sun, although partial shade is fine, as long as the plants receive at least 6 hours of direct sun.

Common Name: Candy Twist Garden Phlox

Common Name: David Garden Phlox

Growing 2-4' tall, they are excellent for perennial borders, corners and for cut flowers. The foliage is dense and compact with deep green, lance-shaped leaves with prominent veins. Butterflies love them!

Common Name: Flamingo Garden Phlox

Common Name: Grenadine Dream Garden Phlox

Grenadine Dream’ produces fragrant tubular reddish-purple flowers (each to 1/2” diameter) in densely packed large terminal clusters (each to 8-10’ long) over a long July to October bloom period. Each individual flower has a long corolla tube and five flat petal-like lobes. This is a compact, upright, conical perennial that typically grows in a clump to 15-20" tall and to 8-10" wide on stiff stems clad with narrow, opposite, pointed, elliptic, deep green leaves (to 4” long).

Common Name: Laura Garden Phlox

Phlox paniculata 'Laura' is one of the most impressive Tall Phlox on the market today. The long blooming flowers are lavender-purple with darker eyes and have a striking white star that comes out from the center. Butterflies and hummingbirds love it! The foliage is highly resistant to mildew.

Common Name: Nicky Garden Phlox

Growing 2-3' tall, they are excellent for perennial borders, corners and for cut flowers. The foliage is dense and compact with deep green, lance-shaped leaves with prominent veins. Butterflies love them!

Common Name: Amethyst PearlGarden Phlox

Common Name: Crystal Garden Phlox

Broad, dark green, thick foliage stays beautiful all season. Each member of the Fashionably Early series has exceptional mildew resistance, thick leathery leaves, and a stoloniferous habit (as opposed to the tightly clumping P. paniculata types).

Common Name: Lavender Ice Garden Phlox

Pale lavender flowers with a lavender pink eye appear from early summer well into midsummer with some rebloom in fall. Narrow, spiky, dark green foliage stays beautiful all season. Each member of the Fashionably Early series has exceptional mildew resistance, thick leathery leaves, and a stoloniferous habit (as opposed to the tightly clumping P. paniculata types).

Common Name: Pink Dark EyeGarden Phlox

Common Name: Princess Garden Phlox

This new Hybrid Phlox blooms earlier than the typical Tall Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata), starting about 2-3 weeks earlier than the typical Phlox. ‘Fashionably Early Princess’ is the very first of the series to bloom. This is a taller variety of Hybrid Phlox that will work best for the middle to back of the border.

Common Name: Violet Pinwheels Garden Phlox

The notched, upturned petals look like tiny pinwheels, especially with movement from the wind. This groundcover Phlox grows lower to the ground, spreads slowly, and is more restrained that varieties like ‘Purple Beauty’ or ‘Blue Emerald’. Perfect for rock gardens or the front of the border. From Jim Ault at Chicagoland Grows®.

Common Name: Centerglow Ninebark

oliage is nicely complemented by small pinkish-white, five-petaled flowers that bloom in dense, flat, rounded, spiraea-like clusters (corymbs) in late spring. Plants in this genus exhibit exfoliating bark on mature branches. The bark peels in strips to reveal several layers of reddish to light brown inner bark, hence the common name.

Common Name: Amber Jubilee Ninebark

Amber Jubilee® is distinct from purple-foliaged ninebarks. Its foliage is an improvement over long-time cultivar Dart’s Gold. Amber Jubilee® will be effective as a medium shrub in the landscape, whether massed or planted in small groupings.

Common Name: Little Devil Ninebark

In spring, clusters of small pinkish white flowers offer a bright contrast against the dark foliage. Plants grow just 3-4ft tall and wide at maturity, which make them a good choice for tucking in mixed borders and foundation plantings.

Common Name: Birds Nest Norway Spruce

It features size spreading, horizontal to slightly ascending branches which form a dense, broad-rounded, shrubby flattened globe. Thin dark gray needles become 3/4” long. In the spring the fresh young buds add interest to this plants.

Common Name: Pumila Norway Spruce

The densely arranged of this dark green, rounded-topped, dwarf nest spruce will add classy elegance to any garden. Plants break bud and develop bright green new growth earlier in spring than other nest types. Use the irregularly rounded, slow-growing, spreading plant as a low garden accent.

Common Name: Pusch Dwarf Norway Spruce

Common Name: Tompa Norway Spruce

Its wide, conical shape resembles the well-known Alberta Spruce for which it is a superior alternative.
Prefers full sun in well-drained soil. 1' tall x 1' wide in 10 years. Hardy to -50 degrees. USDA zone 2.

Common Name: Mops Mugo Pine

'Mops' is a dwarf cultivar with a dense rounded form that typically matures over time to 3' tall with a similar spread, but is very slow-growing (2-4" per year) and is commonly seen as a 1-2' tall plant. Features medium to dark green needles (1-2" long) in bundles of two.

Common Name: Valley Cushion Mugo Pine

Valley Cushion’ is a dwarf cultivar with a globose form that typically matures to only 2-3’ tall and as wide over the first 10 years, but is very slow-growing (2-3” per year) and is commonly seen as a 1-2’ tall plant. Features unusually short, medium green needles (to 1” long) in bundles of two.

Common Name: Japanese White Pine

This very showy pine has an open habit, similar to that of Pinus parviflora 'Glauca,' but its blue-green needles, in tight bundles, are shorter and have more of an upward curve to them. Many persistent cones decorate the tall, moderately narrow tree

Common Name: Bergman Japanese White Pine

Bergman Japanese White Pine will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 5 feet from the ground. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live to a ripe old age of 120 years or more; think of this as a heritage tree for future generations!

Common Name: Blue Shag Dwarf White Pine

A beautiful new evergreen garden shrub with a dense, mounded habit of growth and dusty blue needles; very compact and slow growing, excellent for form, texture and color detail in home gardens or for rock gardens; needs full sun

Common Name: Astra PinkBalloon Flower

Balloon flower is a clump-forming perennial which is so named because its flower buds puff up like balloons before bursting open into outward to upward facing, bell-shaped flowers with five pointed lobes. Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade.

Common Name: Fuji White Balloon Flower

Balloon flower is a clump-forming perennial which is so named because its flower buds puff up like balloons before bursting open into outward to upward facing, bell-shaped flowers with five pointed lobes. Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade.

Common Name: Sentimental Blue Balloon Flower

Balloon flower is a clump-forming perennial which is so named because its flower buds puff up like balloons before bursting open into outward to upward facing, bell-shaped flowers with five pointed lobes. Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade.

Common Name: La Crescent Plum

Common Name: Blacklace Plum

large fruit with superior winter hardiness and an early ripening date. Fruit size and yield is comparable to popular conventional cultivars, however, the ripening date is 2-4 weeks earlier. Has been shown to be hardy and produce fruit in USDA zone 3b

Common Name: Toka Plum

Common Name: Waneta Plum

'Waneta', produces well the first season after planting, and is one of the best market plums. Its fruit is large, red, sweet, juicy and of good quality. Now you can enjoy large, red-skinned, yellow-fleshed plums earlier in summer than ever before.

Common Name: Sapalta Cherry Plum

Common Name: May Apple

Flowers are quite showy, but are usually hidden by the umbrella-like leaves. Each flower gives way to an edible, fleshy, maroon purple fruit (mayapple) which may be used to make preserves and jellies. Leaves and roots are poisonous, however.

Common Name: Smooth Solomon's Seal

Typically grows in a mound to 1-3' tall on unbranched stems. Small, bell-shaped, greenish yellow flowers (usually in pairs) on short pedicels dangle in spring from the leaf axils along and underneath the arching stems.

Common Name: White Tiger Solomon's Seal

Typically grows in a mound to 1-3' tall on unbranched stems. Small, bell-shaped, greenish yellow flowers (usually in pairs) on short pedicels dangle in spring from the leaf axils along and underneath the arching stems.

Common Name: Dark Rosaleen Primrose

Needs considerable moisture to succeed. Prefers moist, compost-rich soil.Will tolerate full sun if the soil is not too dry. Foliage is the same color as 'Guinevere' but with flowers like 'Garryade Crimson'.

Common Name: Candelabra Primrose

P. beesiana is cultivated for its attractive flowers, which range from dark-red, through reddish-purple, to purple, and are produced from April to June. The scapes (flower stalks) are 20–35 cm long, elongating to 50 cm when in fruit and are sometimes covered with a white, meal-like powder on the nodes. Each scape bears 2–4 umbels, each consisting of 8–16 flowers.

Common Name: Seberian Primrose

Common Name: Jessica Primula

he most important difference between the two is the way the flowers are arranged on the top of the stem. Unlike the false oxlip in the true oxlip the umbel drops to one side (see the second image down on the right). Flowers from April to late May.

Common Name: Primula

Blooms are well above the foliage and numerous for an excellent show. They are shaped a bit like a trumpet or perhaps a phlox in outline with five notched, deep rose-pink, petals to a bloom. As they age, each bloom will fade in color to a pale pastel pink that is very long lasting. There will be both fresh and faded flowers in a drift providing visual color variation.

Common Name: Garden Auricula

Common Name: Dawn Ansell English Primrose

Double Primroses have been cherished in English cottage gardens for centuries. These nearly became extinct but are now available again, thanks to the miracles of modern laboratory cloning. They are easy to grow, and put on a tremendous show in the spring garden, their double rose-like flowers attracting comments from all who see them

Common Name: Lilian Harvey Primrose

Double Primroses have been cherished in English cottage gardens for centuries. These nearly became extinct but are now available again, thanks to the miracles of modern laboratory cloning. They are easy to grow, and put on a tremendous show in the spring garden, their double rose-like flowers attracting comments from all who see them

Common Name: Quaker's Bonnet English Primrose

Double Primroses have been cherished in English cottage gardens for centuries. These nearly became extinct but are now available again, thanks to the miracles of modern laboratory cloning. They are easy to grow, and put on a tremendous show in the spring garden, their double rose-like flowers attracting comments from all who see them

Common Name: Bulle's Primrose

Bright, salverform, late spring flowers bloom in tightly-clustered tiered whorls (3 to 6 per stem) on leafless stems typically rising to 18-24" tall from basal rosettes of ovate to lanceolate, medium green leaves. Flower colors are often in the salmon-apricot to terra cotta range, but are variable and include cream, rose, red, lavender and purple.

Common Name: Dwarf Russian Olive

Prunus tenella is a deciduous Shrub growing to 0.8 m (2ft 7in) by 1.5 m (5ft). It is hardy to zone 2. It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen from Jul to August. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Insects.

Common Name: Nanking Cherry

Common Name: Flowering Almond

Flowering almond is a dense, rounded, deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 10-15’ tall and as wide. It is sometimes grown as a small tree. Pink, five-petaled flowers appear in a profuse early spring bloom

Common Name: Purple Leaf Sand Cherry

Prunnus x cistena is a hybrid cross between P.pumila and P.cerasifera Atropurpurea. It is a deciduous shrub growing from 7 to 10 feet in height, with a lesser spread. The foliage is an intense red-purple and keeps its color over the summer.

Common Name: Hop Tree

The blooms are followed by interesting, one-inchdiameter, flattened, tan "wafers" which will persist on the tree if not first consumed by wildlife. In the past, this bitter fruit was used as a substitute for hops in brewing beer.

Common Name: Dark Vader Lungwort

Dark Vader Lungwort features delicate clusters of purple bell-shaped flowers at the ends of the stems from mid to late spring. It's attractive narrow leaves remain dark green in color with distinctive silver spots throughout the season.

Common Name: Raspberry Splash Lungwort

Common Name: Silver Bouquet Lungwort

The flowers of 'Silver Bouquet' will move to a dark purple in late spring and the shimmering silver foliage will last well into autumn. Partial shade is recommended for 'Silver Bouquet' to gain its full color potential.

Common Name: David Ward Lungwort

This outstanding British variety forms a good-sized clump of large, bright green leaves that are heavily margined in creamy-white. Clusters of coral-pink flowers appear in early spring, among the earliest to bloom. Because of the large amount of white in the leaves, choose a site that is protected from hot afternoon sun.

Common Name: Mrs. Moon Lungwort

Pulmonaria is an underused perennial that grows well in shady gardens. It is especially attractive when planted among hostas, ferns, and brunneras. Its flowers are among the most brilliantly colored blossoms of all perennials.

Common Name: Lady of the Snows

A completely open flower is almost ten centimetres in diameter. The flower opens only for a short time during the late morning, as the spring sun spreads its warmth. Unlike other pasque flowers, spring pasque flower offers nectar as a reward to pollinators. The ripening achene grows a long, feathery flying hair and the seed can float on the wind for a long time.